St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13

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were, wavering between the verdict of
Mulainin and their own conviction that
/ was Christian. In the country was
Moor who enjoyed the esteem of all.
He was Hadj (pilgrim to Mecca) Ibra-
hahn, who had travelled much, and
could set their doubts at rest. Thus
the MOOrS reasoned, and resolved from
that moment to conduct ME to him. We
made days journey to the tent of the
hadj who was an old man with veneer
able air and placid features. He examined
me with attention, and Immediately ex-
claimed: "Ah.
But HE is A TURK"
This for me was the acme of good
tainly OWNED Alright. This drew from
the hadj a tale of his travels,
and he related how in Egypt
he had seen Turks like me who
were nevertheless Mussulmans. The
nOmadS, who heard about these
Turks for the first time asked endless
questions about the drOll MuSSulmans,
so unlike those of the Sahara. After
this all was finished. Before returning
to the camp of my robbers they never
theleSs assembled conference of the
college tolbah (FilulD, learned men, who
act as SchOOlmasterS throughout the
desert, and when they had made nee
essary examination of my person, they
released me from my irons, and gave
me goatskin as my covering. After
asking them for my compass, which l
declared needful at prayer time, they
treated me hencefOrth as an Arab no
mad.
With these people he remained for
five months, then he says:
1.-The following circumstances ena-
bled me to quit the tents of the nOmadS.
My host, lbrahaim, who since he con-
sidered me a MuSSulman, showed me
much esteem, resolved to attach himself
permanently to me by giving me his
daughter in marriage. Beautiful name!
EliaZize. We negotiated the terms
of the marriage bonds. Her price was
fixed at seven camels. AS had been
stripped of my possessions and could
not pay on the spot, it was arranged
that he should accompany ME to the
/ should proceed to my country and re-
turn with the necessary means to en-
able me to marry. These arrangements
were made Oh the borders of the Saklat-
el-Hamrah. on the way to Tenduf,
where Ibrahaim and had gone to trade
off our skins for dates. 1t was distant
from Tarfaya twelve days, and each
evening we begged the hospitality of
the MOOrs, when we were so lucky as to
be in the neighbOrhood of an encamp-
ment; at other times we had to content
ourselves with grains of baked barley.
Tenduf, though only small place, be-
ing the only town in the deSest, ranks
among the Arabs as capital. This
town, founded in 1851, has made great
progress, and to-day possesses from 200
70 hnnSac rnoHo nf GLOW mud lilo
all in Southern Morocco. The mosque,
of which the minaret is very lofty, is
seen far over the desert. Lost in deS-
ert of sand, Tenduf is
A DELICIOUS OASIS.
Its walls, pierced by four gates, are
surrounded by gardens watered by nu-
merOus wells, and palms environ the
town like a verdant crown. This beau
tiful spot is renowned above everything
for its splendid slave market. The
caravans which cross the desert from
the south leave here three-fOurths of
their negroes, who are thence dis
tributed over northern Africa. The re-
mainder pass to Morocco. DR.. LEM, in
his famous journey, had, in 1880, Wis
tied Tenduf before me.
''When we had completed our bust
ness here Ibrahaim and L retraced our
steps to Tarfaya Cape Juby), where we
had left our camp. The return journey
was very disagreeable, for during ten
days we did not meet one caravan,
and only once or twice enjoyed the hos
pitality of a rghaim, all the rest of the
time subsiSting on dateS-meager fare
after long days journey under brOil-
ing sun, especially for a European. But
the nights were most trying. Nearly
naked. stretched on the dewy ground,
shivered with the intense cold, and
found sleep almost impossible. Since
the first day of our return l continually
asked Ibrahaim to make the journey to
the north to permit me to obtain the
needed means for my marriage. He did
not care at Ii for the job. 1t meant
absence of at least a month from his
tents, and he did not care to leave those
in charge of his wife and children so
long. My repeated requests caused him
to fix our departure at an early day. 1t
was during this interval that the for
NAL engagement was celebrated
with my fiancee, EliaziZe, a young
creature hardly twelve years old,
of slender figure (Which, by the by,
is no recommendation among the
Arabs. dark bronze complexion, large
black eyes and very white teeth. On
the occasion of this feast all the mem
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journeying in the surrounding country,
and they slaughtered two sheep QheSe
weigh ten pounds each), memorable
repaSt. and, [ am sure, still spoken of
in this part of the Sahara. They wished
us all sorts of prosperity, to have, above
all. only male children and female ami
mails, the best wish that one can receive
among these people. After l had en-
braced all the Arabs in the orthodox
fashiOn-that is, pressing forehead
against forehead, they wished me an
early return among them. A Taleb
present made long speech, in which
he showed how God had his eyes on
me, for after having saved me from
death he called me as recompense to
pass my remaining days in the blissful
company of the charming Ellazize and
among hosts of drOmedarieS. So we